Los Angeles, first oil district, Toluca St

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  Wells in Los Angeles, Court and Toluca Streets

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  Oil wells and building with two men standing in front of building.

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  Old Los Angeles Oil wells, Court St

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  Oil wells and wood frame buildings.

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  Canfield and Clampitt wells, Glendale Blvd. and Court St., Los Angeles

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  Oil wells, wooden tanks, and wood framed buildings.

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  Athens-Rosecrans Oil Field, Los Angeles, California. May, 1925

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  Panoramic view of oil wells and derricks in the Athens and Rosecrans oil field in Los Angeles (present-day Gardena, California). Text on the photograph reads "Athens-Rosecrans Oil Field, Los Angeles, California. May, 1925 – One Year Old, making 25,000 bbls. daily from 50 wells. Has deepest producing well in world, the General Petroleum Corp., Amestoy No. 1, pumping from 6,737 feet.” All of the oil wells are numbered and identified by name (136 total), with names including Union, J. Paul Getty, E. J. Miley, George F. Getty, Mohawk, Walter H. Fisher, etc. Streets are also marked: 131st Street, 132nd Street, 133rd Street, 135th Street and Hoover Street.

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  Brea oil field

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  Oil wells, tanks and buildings on a hillside.

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  Richfield Oil gas station, Westwood Village, Westwood, Los Angeles. March 9, 1934

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  A panoramic view of Westwood Village in Westwood, Los Angeles. In the center of the foreground there is a Richfield Oil service station, with a few automobiles parked in front. There is another automobile on the street next to the station which has bullhorns on the roof. The street that runs from the lower left corner past the service station is now Glendon. The area on the left is mostly commercial, with stores like Ralphs, and gas stations, while the area on the right is mostly residential, with large, low apartment buildings.

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